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The height of a wave is the vertical distance from which reference points?

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• Definition of wave height in basic seamanship and oceanography • Difference between wave height and wave amplitude • Meaning of still water level (still water plane) versus moving parts of the wave

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• Which option measures the total vertical distance that includes both the highest and lowest parts of the wave? • Which options only measure from the still water level to just one part of the wave, and what quantity would that describe? • Visualize a wave on the ocean: if you wanted to describe how "big" it is vertically, which two points on the wave surface would you naturally compare?

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• Be clear on what crest (top of wave) and trough (bottom of wave) mean • Decide whether wave height should involve the still water plane at all, or only the most extreme points of the wave • Verify which choice represents the maximum vertical distance on the wave profile

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Question 1 of 2066636ee928f7522a1c51988c

The height of a wave is the vertical distance from which reference points?

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The height of a wave is the vertical distance from which reference points?

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